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Sale of elephant tusk stockpiles may encourage poaching, experts worry (11 March 2010) Elephant experts from around the world are joining a University of Washington scientist in calling for a moratorium on legal ivory sales, to protect elephants from being slaughtered for their tusks. (The Seattle Times)
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Africa's booming illegal ivory trade (video footage) (11 March 2010) New footage seen by Channel 4 News shows the illegal ivory trade is booming in Africa as markets in Asia push up demand. (Channel 4)
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Zambia seeks CITES support to sell ivory stockpile (9 March 2010) Zambia is lobbying for support to sell its ivory stockpile to Japan and China and use the funds towards conservation, an industry official said on Tuesday. (Reuters Africa)
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Cameroon: Illegal Elephant Dealer Arrested (9 March 2010) On February 19, 2010, an ivory dealer was ordered to serve a prison term of 8 months and to pay as damages and court charges the sum of about FCFA 1.2 Million by the Yaounde Court of first instance. Until the judgment, the ivory dealer Ousmanou Abdoulaye, who was arrest in October 11, 2009, has been under detention at the Kondengui Central Prison. (Cameroon Tribune)
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Botswana to oppose ivory trade ban (9 March 2010) Botswana is preparing to fight tooth and nail against the ban of trade in ivory during the upcoming 15th Conference of Parties to Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITIES) scheduled for next week in Doha, Qatar. (Botswana Business Diary)
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Thailand: Goring the elephant smuggling trade (8 March 2010) Huge ivory haul found at city airport, as customs uncovers new ruse for avoiding detection. (Bangkok Post)
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Zimbabwe: Six Nabbed, Nine Elephant Tusks Recovered (4 March 2010) Six suspected poachers were arrested in Gokwe while nine elephant tusks and two .303 rifles with 40 rounds of ammunition were recovered. (The Herald)
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Thailand: Ivory smugglers are hounded at airport - Si Thong and Si Phoon are the latest to join crackdown (4 March 2010) Si Thong and Si Phoon have been dispatched to Suvarnabhumi airport on a mission to trace illegal wildlife coming into the country. The labradors from the Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation help department officials and their Customs colleagues to crack down on wildlife smuggling into Thailand, especially ivory. (Bangkok Post)
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Seized ivory tusks, elephant parts from Cameroon at Paris airport (4 March 2010) French customs officers at a Paris airport seized elephants' feet, two ivory tusks and a tail from packages sent from Cameroon, the customs office said Thursday. (IC Publications)
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Kenya: Alarm as Elephant Killings Soar (3 March 2010) The government has blamed the rise in elephant poaching on the high demand for ivory on international markets. With an attractive price of about Sh10,000 for a kilogramme of ivory, the illegal hunt for the elephant can only be checked if stringent measures are implemented to kill the poachers' appetite. (The Daily Nation)
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Manila: Officer suspected of stealing ivory in Philippines (3 March 2010) A Philippine wildlife officer is suspected of stealing more than 1,500 pounds (700 kilograms) of smuggled elephant tusks seized last year, an embarrassing setback for the country's anti-poaching efforts, an official said Wednesday. (AP)
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Philippines: INSIDE JOB? Seized elephant tusks stolen (3 March 2010) About P3-million worth of smuggled elephant tusks stored in a government office is missing. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
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Thailand: Bangkok Ivory Seizure Points Up CITES Elephant Dispute (2 March 2010) Thai customs officials have seized two metric tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in pallets at Bangkok's main airport, a customs department statement said Thursday. (Environment News Service)
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Dubai: Emirates Probes ‘Misdeclared’ Ivory Cargo to Thailand (1 March 2010) Emirates Airline has launched an internal investigation and is cooperating with Thai authorities after more than two tonnes of ivory worth $3.6 million was seized at the Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok on Sunday. The consignment was destined for Laos. (Khaleej Times Online)
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India: 8 held for smuggling ivory (28 Febr. 2010) Chikkodi police on Sunday arrested eight persons for "allegedly" smuggling ivory and recovered two pieces of 3-foot-long ivories worth Rs 60 lakh from them. (The Times of India)
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Geneva: Statement by the Secretary-General of CITES on elephants and international trade in ivory (26 February 2010) News & Highlights, press release on CITES website, www.cites.org
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Abu Dhabi: Smugglers of ivory used Emirates (25 Febr. 2010) More than two tonnes of ivory shipped on an Emirates Airline cargo flight was seized by customs officers in Bangkok. Customs officials said the haul, consisting of 239 African elephant tusks worth 120 million baht (Dh13m), was discovered in a storage facility at Suvarnabhumi Airport in the Thai capital. (TheNational)
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Namibia to defend the sale of ivory (25 Febr. 2010) Namibia will oppose the Kenyan and Malian proposals to extend the sale of Ivory from nine years to 20 years at the forthcoming Doha Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora. (Informante)
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Thai customs seizes 2 tons of ivory (24 Febr. 2010) Thailand has seized two tons of elephant tusks from Africa hidden in pallets labeled as mobile phone parts in the country's largest ivory seizure. Thai Customs officials valued Wednesday night's haul at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport at 120 million baht ($3.6 million). It is further sign that Thailand is emerging as a hub for the illicit trade.
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Thailand: Govt seeks removal from Cites blacklist (23 Febr. 2010) Thailand is trying to persuade a UN wildlife trade watchdog to remove it from the blacklist of countries involved in the illegal ivory trade. (Bangkok Post)
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